erstaunlich
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯nlɪç]
The verdict
“erstaunlich” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,813
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungewöhnlich und dabei etwas anderes erwartend, dabei ein (leichtes) Staunen oder ein Gefühl des Befremdens auslösend
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstaunlich · erstaunlich · German
erstaunlich · rank #3,813 · 17 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,813
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfolgreichen
Nearest frequency peer: erfolgreichen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “erstaunlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entdecken
entdecken
96,191 corpus weight
- entscheidend
entscheidend
96,190 corpus weight
- erfolgreich…
erfolgreichen
96,189 corpus weight
- erstaunlich
erstaunlich
96,188 corpus weight
- finanzielle
finanzielle
96,186 corpus weight
- gerufen
gerufen
96,185 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erstaunlich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erstaunlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯nlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “erstaunlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around erstaunlich (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯nlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,813 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for erstaunlich, with forms such as "errstaunlich", "ersatunlich", and "ersstaunlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "erstaunliche", "erstaunlichen", "erstaunlicher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is erstaunlich, spelled E-R-S-T-A-U-N-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1ungewöhnlich und dabei etwas anderes erwartend, dabei ein (leichtes) Staunen oder ein Gefühl des Befremdens auslösend
- 2sehr groß, riesig, sehr viel oder viele
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erstaunlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Er ist für sein Alter erstaunlich fit!"
Carl Friedrich Gauss konnte schon im jungen Alter erstaunlich gut rechnen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errstaunlich
- ersatunlich
- ersstaunlich
- erstanulich
- erstaulnich
- erstaunilch
- erstaunlcih
- erstaunlicch
- erstaunlichh
- erstaunlihc
- erstaunllich
- erstaunnlich
- ersttaunlich
- erstuanlich
- ertsaunlich
- esrtaunlich
- restaunlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erstaunlich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erstaunlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "erstaunlich" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "erstaunliche". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,813 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.